Legal Opinion
Cannell v. Rhodes
Ohio Court of Appeals
Decided April 17, 1986No. 50450PublishedCited by 17 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtMarkus, J.
The defendant-client, Barbara S. Rhodes, appeals from a judgment awarding her divorce lawyer payment for his fees plus prejudgment interest. She challenges several eviden-tiary rulings and the court’s prejudgment interest award. We agree with the defendant-client that the court improperly admitted unauthenticated exhibits which disclosed prejudicial information about the client’s offer to settle this controversy. Therefore, we reverse and remand for a new trial. Otherwise, we reject the remaining assignments of error.
The client retained the attorney, John D. Cannell, in March 1976. She…
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